Murders, kidnappings increase, CSO figures show

Monday 30 June 2014 15.00 The number of murders in Ireland rose by 36.4% over the 12-month period up to the end of March, according to the latest official figures. The increase in murders, from 44 to 60, drove the overall figure for homicides up...

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Teenager phoned family in Romania before murder

Monday 30 June 2014 16.16 The Central Criminal Court has heard how teenager Mariora Rostas phoned her family in Romania the day after she went missing and was crying and "asking for her daddy to come and get her". Alexandru Rostas told the court...

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Rolf Harris guilty of indecent assault

Monday 30 June 2014 16.32 Veteran entertainer Rolf Harris has been found guilty of 12 counts of indecent assault at Southwark Crown Court in London. The 84-year-old was convicted of sex charges involving four women. The verdicts were unanimous....

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Five-year-old boy drowns in Dublin pond

Monday 30 June 2014 16.30 A five-year-old boy has drowned after swimming in a pond in the Belgree Lawns area in Tyrrelstown, Dublin. The boy had been missing since 9.30am this morning and was found an hour later. Resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful...

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IBRC wants electronic review of Quinn documents

Monday 30 June 2014 16.38 The former Anglo Irish Bank wants to use computers to review millions of documents disclosed as part of its legal battle with the family of Seán Quinn. It would be the first time for such technology to be used in a court...

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Irishwoman run over by three trains in NY survives

Monday 30 June 2014 16.39 An Irish immigrant living in New York has suffered only minor injuries after being run over by three Manhattan subway trains, according to the New York Post. Mary Downey, 22, accidentally fell onto the tracks at a Times...

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Gardaí investigating discovery of body in Bundoran

Sunday 29 June 2014 16.28 Gardaí are investigating the discovery of a body in an apartment in the seaside town of Bundoran, Co Donegal. The body of a man in his 40s was discovered in the Marine Apartments in the town on Saturday evening. He was...

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Costello backs Gilmore for EU Commissioner role

Sunday 29 June 2014 13.40 A Labour minister has said Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, his outgoing party leader, has the credentials to be Ireland's next EU Commissioner. Joe Costello, the Minister of State at the Department...

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84-year-old man dies after Monaghan car crash

Sunday 29 June 2014 13.44 An 84-year-old man has died after a traffic collision in Co Monaghan yesterday. The man's car left the road near Ballinode and hit a ditch, before colliding with an oncoming car. The man was taken to Cavan General Hospital,...

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GSOC officer tenders resignation

A spokesperson for the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has confirmed that an Officer of the Commission has tender their resignation this weekend.  The spokesperson confirmed that the individual concerned was not one of the three GSOC commissioners.They...

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Mental health services in west outdated

Sunday 29 June 2014 15.50 Mental health services in Roscommon and Galway are being run to outdated 30-year-old guidelines - and are costing more money than elsewhere with higher rates of admissions to psychiatric units, according to a HSE report released...

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Dozens feared trapped as Indian building collapses

Sunday 29 June 2014 16.37 Rescuers are searching for survivors after an 11-storey residential block collapsed in heavy rain in southern India, killing at least 11 people and possibly trapping dozens. The accident late last night was India's second...

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Ukraine extends ceasefire until Monday night

Saturday 28 June 2014 15.27 Ukraine has extended a government forces' ceasefire against separatist rebels by 72 hours until 10pm on Monday. The announcement came shortly after President Petro Poroshenko returned to Kiev from Brussels, where he signed...

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Body recovered from sea off Donegal

Saturday 28 June 2014 15.20 A man has died after his fishing vessel sank off Inishowen Head near Greencastle in Co Donegal. A local fisherman contacted Malin Head Coast Guard shortly after 10am after spotting wreckage and a diesel spill off Inishowen...

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Funeral of Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon held

Saturday 28 June 2014 15.26 The Guildford Four's Gerry Conlon has departed victorious from a life that dealt him a poor hand, the lawyer who campaigned for his freedom told mourners at his funeral. In a heartfelt tribute to the one of the quartet...

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Man questioned over murder of woman in Bray

Saturday 28 June 2014 15.28 Gardaí in Bray are continuing to question a 21-year-old man in connection with the murder of a woman in her 50s. Her body was discovered at her home in the Deepdales estate in the Co Wicklow town yesterday. Investigating...

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Four people die in Co Westmeath crash

Saturday 28 June 2014 16.28 Four people have died after a road accident near Mullingar in Co Westmeath early this morning. The accident happened near Portnashangan, just north of Mullingar on the main N4 Dublin to Sligo road. Gardaí say a car and...

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Thousands attend Pride Parade in Dublin

Saturday 28 June 2014 16.30 Tens of thousands of people gathered in Dublin city centre this afternoon to take part in the city's annual Pride Parade, which celebrates lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender life in Ireland. The theme for this year's...

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Juncker named to head European Commission

Friday 27 June 2014 16.39 EU leaders nominated former Luxembourg prime minister Jean-Claude Juncker as president of the European Commission at a summit today despite strong objections from Britain. British Prime Minister David Cameron had mounted...

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Pope cancels Rome hospital visit at last minute

Friday 27 June 2014 16.05 Pope Francis has cancelled a visit to a Rome hospital at the last minute due to what the Vatican called a "sudden indisposition".              The Vatican gave no immediate details...

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Five held after drugs worth €6.3m seized in raids

Friday 27 June 2014 16.06 Five people have been arrested after heroin and cocaine with a combined estimated street value of €6.3m was seized in two separate raids in Dublin and Co Louth. Three people were arrested after heroin with an estimated...

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Man held over death of woman in Bray

Friday 27 June 2014 16.07 A 21-year-old man has been arrested over the death of a 50-year-old woman in Bray, Co Wicklow. The woman's body was discovered at a house at Deepdales, a housing estate just off the Southern Cross Road, at 1.30am this...

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O'Reilly faces forced sale of assets

Friday 27 June 2014 16.20 Businessman Tony O'Reilly faces a forced sale of assets in order to satisfy a €22m judgment after being refused a stay on the order today at the Commercial Court.  Mr Justice Peter Kelly said Mr O'Reilly was insolvent...

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Retired priest found guilty of assaulting boy

Friday 27 June 2014 16.33 A 70-year-old retired priest has been found guilty of an indecent assault on a young boy at a boarding school in Cork in 1979.  Fr Tadhg Ó Dalaigh, with an address in Woodview, Mount Merrion Blackrock Co Dublin was...

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Case to go ahead against racehorse trainer

Thursday 26 June 2014 15.59 A prosecution against racehorse trainer Philip Fenton for alleged possession of unlicensed animal remedies has been adjourned until September. Cashel District Court heard the case can proceed as planned following a judge's...

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Jimmy Savile abuse victims aged five to 75

Thursday 26 June 2014 14.31 Jimmy Savile abused 60 people at Leeds General Infirmary, including at least 33 patients aged from five to 75, an independent investigation has found. Savile also abused at least five individuals at high-security Broadmoor...

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Syria carries out air strikes along Iraqi border

Thursday 26 June 2014 14.53 The Syrian air force carried out air strikes targeting militants along the Iraq-Syria border this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has told the BBC. Mr Maliki said he "welcomed" any such strike against militants...

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HIQA criticises children's disability centre

Thursday 26 June 2014 15.53 The first reports of inspections carried out on facilities for children with disabilities have been published by HIQA. The most serious findings were made against a designated facility for children with disabilities in...

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Suarez banned for four months for biting Chiellini

Facebook Google + Luis Suarez has been banned from 'all football related activities' for four months - and a total of nine Uruguay games - for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez will miss the remainder of Uruguay's World Cup campaign....

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Retrial ordered of Michael Campbell in Lithuania

Thursday 26 June 2014 16.11 Lithuania's Supreme Court has ordered the retrial of Michael Campbell, who was acquitted of plotting to smuggle arms from the Baltic state to the Real IRA. Campbell was initially sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2011...

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Trial hears woman was shot as she was a witness

Wednesday 25 June 2014 16.18 The trial of a man charged with murdering teenager Marioara Rostas six years ago has heard he told a friend of his that Ms Rostas was shot because she was a witness. Alan Wilson, of New Street Gardens in Dublin, has...

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Bausch + Lomb to invest in Waterford plant

Wednesday 25 June 2014 13.15 Eye-care multinational company Bausch + Lomb has announced plans to invest what is believed to be nearly €6m in upgraded production systems in its Waterford facility. The announcement follows last week's agreement with...

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90-year-old woman raped in England

Wednesday 25 June 2014 15.27 A 90-year-old woman was dragged off the street and raped in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, as she walked to a local shop yesterday. The victim felt a hand go over her mouth and she was hauled backwards in Spotland Road...

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Judge criticises Cameron over Coulson comments

Wednesday 25 June 2014 15.28 The judge in the phone-hacking trial has criticised British Prime Minister David Cameron for not waiting until all verdicts were in before commenting on Andy Coulson, his former media chief who is facing jail. A jury...

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Airborne device crashes at Wheatfield Prison

Wednesday 25 June 2014 16.12 An investigation is under way after an airborne remote controlled device which is believed to have contained drugs crashed at Wheatfield prison. It is understood the device got caught in anti-helicopter wire on the perimeter...

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Inquiry cannot discuss bank guarantee meeting

Wednesday 25 June 2014 16.31 The banking inquiry has been told that, on legal advice, it will not be able to discuss the Cabinet meeting during which the bank guarantee was discussed due to Cabinet confidentiality. However, members were told by...

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Brian Crowley loses Fianna Fáil whip

Tuesday 24 June 2014 15.13 Fianna Fáil has agreed that Brian Crowley, the party's sole MEP, has lost the party whip as a result of his decision to defect to a right-wing group in Europe. It is understood the party adopted the position without a...

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Former US attorney in court on pornography charges

Tuesday 24 June 2014 15.24 A former US attorney has appeared before Carrick on Shannon District Court on charges of possessing images of child pornography in Sligo. Detective Julie Coyne gave evidence of arresting Gerard Gilligan, who has an address...

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Two jailed over fatal stabbing of German student

Tuesday 24 June 2014 15.02 A young man and a teenage boy have been jailed for their roles in a knife attack on two German students in Dublin a year-and-a-half ago during which one of the students died. Wesley Kelly, 20, of St Anthony's Road in Rialto...

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Coulson found guilty of hacking, Brooks cleared

Tuesday 24 June 2014 16.10 Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiring to hack phones with others between 2000 and 2006. Coulson, who was forced to resign as British Prime Minister David Cameron's director of...

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Kerry holds talks with Kurdish leaders

Tuesday 24 June 2014 16.33 US Secretary of State John Kerry has held crisis talks with leaders of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. He urged them to stand with Baghdad in the face of a Sunni insurgent onslaught that threatens to dismember the country....

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SVP calls for increased social welfare payments

Tuesday 24 June 2014 16.36 The Society of St Vincent de Paul has called on the Government to increase social welfare payments by at least 3.25%. Ireland's largest charity said a rise is needed to reflect the increase in the cost of a minimum essential...

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Sudanese woman sentenced to death is released

Monday 23 June 2014 15.38 A Sudanese court has ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death last month for converting from Islam to Christianity, the state news agency said. The case of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, who is married...

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State will not pay Seán FitzPatrick's legal costs

Monday 23 June 2014 16.30 The Dublin Circuit Criminal Court has ruled that the State should not have to pay the legal costs for former Anglo Irish Bank chairman Seán FitzPatrick following his acquittal on charges of giving illegal loans. Judge Martin...

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